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  Not viewed as a JW if not reported for 6 months?

  by kramer in

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  hi, i seem to remember that the society have said that you are not viewed as a witness if you have not reported for 6 months.. does this ring any bells?

  someone i know has been called for a judicial, even though she has said she doesn’t believe and is not not attending meetings and hasn’t for 6 months.what she did was 12 months ago when she was a witness.. she is not sure whether she should turn up or not, as turning up shows she thinks she answers to elders still.

  but also doesn’t want to be automatically disfellowshipped which may happen if she doesn’t turn up.. if there is an article to quote saying someone inactive isn’t seen as a witness, this would be helpful.. any thoughts?.

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  I know when I was still attending there was an inactive witness that owned a local caf and she started putting full on xmas displays in the window of the caf one year they did investigate but decided she had been inactive for so long they wouldn't pursue it.

  She did come from a large influential witness family mind you and local witnesses patronized the business that could well have inflenced their decision because she was definitely known as a witness by the community at large.

  These things are often arbitrary and capricious in nature as to how they are handled locally.
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  The Unveiling

  by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho in

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  ladies and gentlemen, i proudly present you with mr and mrs @stucknomore2.0:.

  https://youtu.be/o9bqz9jj_qg.

  sacha and sherrie, you've done an amazing job in spreading the word about this forum, and it is my sincerest hope that the plug you made brings some newcomers in.

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  Will there be any backlash stuck? How will your friends and relo's react - if they take a sneaky peek that is 😄
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  Serena William is 'fighting for women'?!

  by LoveUniHateExams in

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  so serena williams lost the us open final 6-2, 6-4 to naomi osaka, her japanese-american opponent.. williams received three code violations from the umpire, carlos ramos: .

  1. a warning for illegal coaching (subsequently admitted by williams's coach).

  2. a point penalty for smashing her racquet.

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  Is this the beginning of the end of this queen of tennis' reign?

  All good runs come to an end eventually.
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  "It doesn't work!...SMASH IT!!! HATE IT!!!" (Tantrum alert)

  by Darth FayDehr in

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  If it doesn't work smash it hate it...

  Irinically just like the JW belief system It don't work it can never work it cannot be fixed only fit to be torn down and discarded.
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  Christendomy pic

  by neat blue dog in

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  anybody else think this picture (the top one) from tomorrow's wt study is a little christendomy?

  lol.

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  Is it a bird is it a plane... no wait, it's the holy spirit appearing as a...duck? goose? crane?
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  "It doesn't work!...SMASH IT!!! HATE IT!!!" (Tantrum alert)

  by Darth FayDehr in

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  Booo boooo education and innovation
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  The Unveiling

  by Wake Me Up Before You Jo-Ho in

  1. jw
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  ladies and gentlemen, i proudly present you with mr and mrs @stucknomore2.0:.

  https://youtu.be/o9bqz9jj_qg.

  sacha and sherrie, you've done an amazing job in spreading the word about this forum, and it is my sincerest hope that the plug you made brings some newcomers in.

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  Faces to names
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  "It doesn't work!...SMASH IT!!! HATE IT!!!" (Tantrum alert)

  by Darth FayDehr in

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  LOL.
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  2018 JWBroadcasting "Higher education is useless" video CLIP

  by Not_Culty in

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  sept 2018. https://vimeo.com/288327363.

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  They probably had someone trained in glass restoration waiting off screen. Lol.

  Seriously though theycan throw perfectly edible bread in the rubbish and destroy glassware with gay abandon because donation money, the bethel kitchen and the props department will provide plenty more where that came from.
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  Amway founder dead at 92

  by neat blue dog in

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  https://www.snopes.com/ap/2018/09/06/amway-founder-magic-owner-richard-devos-dies-age-92/.

  i've heard people say amway was a little culty for a business, and reminded them of jws in some ways.

  i'm not familiar with amway myself, can anybody here elaborate?.

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  I knew a woman that became a JW because it reminded her of her amway days.

  She met a longtime inactive JW was love-bombed big time by his JW friends, they married and it was her who got him interested in his religion again because (as she herself would put it) she loved her amway and loved the witnesses!